Each line in Budgie starts with a function name. If there are arguments, they are preceded by a space-padded colon following the function name, all separated by spaces.

print : "Budgie!"

• Function: print

• Argument: "Budgie!"

This will compile to:

• In C#: System.Console.WriteLine("Budgie!");

• In Python: print("Budgie!")

Many commands, including print, may take in multiple arguments:

print : "Chirp" "chirp!"

• Function: print

• Arguments: "Chirp", "chirp!"

Parenthesis

You can keep spaces inside your arguments by wrapping characters in parenthesis. This tells the compiler to treat the space as part of the argument instead of a separator.

print : ("Hello world!")

• Function: print

• Argument: "Hello world!"

Recursion

To pipe the output of one command into another, wrap the inner command with{}brackets.

print : { operation : 1 plus 2 }

• Function: print

• Argument:

  • Function: operation

  • Arguments: 1, plus, 2